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The Patterning Instinct
- A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning
- By: Jeremy Lent, Fritjof Capra - foreword
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
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This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world....
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Wonderful book! Changes your perspective on the human race and where we might be going.
- By Susan on 03-29-18
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The Patterning Instinct
- A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 09-19-17
- Language: English
- This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world....
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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Important Reading: Old Grievances Do Not Go Away
- By John on 02-21-15
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-27-15
- Language: English
- This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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What Should We Be Worried About?
- Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
- By: John Brockman
- Narrated by: Michelle Ford, Peter Berkrot, Antony Ferguson, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about - and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by....
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What Should We Be Worried About?
- Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
- Narrated by: Michelle Ford, Peter Berkrot, Antony Ferguson, Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-19-14
- Language: English
- Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about - and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by....
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The Ascent of Humanity
- Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
- By: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins
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Charles Eisenstein explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self....
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I love this author!
- By Tamara Smith on 12-03-17
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The Ascent of Humanity
- Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 08-22-17
- Language: English
- Charles Eisenstein explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self....
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The Mobile Wave
- How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
- By: Michael Saylor
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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The Mobile Wave argues that the changes brought by mobile computing are so big and widespread that it’s impossible for us to see it all, even though we are all immersed in it....
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Commonplace knowledge peppered with buzzwords
- By Amazon Customer on 10-22-13
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The Mobile Wave
- How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 05-20-13
- Language: English
- The Mobile Wave argues that the changes brought by mobile computing are so big and widespread that it’s impossible for us to see it all, even though we are all immersed in it....
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Future
- What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
- By: Dr. Steven Novella, Bob Novella - contributor, Jay Novella - contributor
- Narrated by: Dr. Steven Novella
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human....
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Thin gruel from the rogues
- By James Weisner on 11-27-22
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Future
- What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
- Narrated by: Dr. Steven Novella
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 09-27-22
- Language: English
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From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human....
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What Technology Wants
- By: Kevin Kelly
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology....
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Poor Science to Back a Solid Thesis
- By Ted on 11-24-10
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What Technology Wants
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-14-10
- Language: English
- This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology....
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The Power of Crisis
- How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World
- By: Ian Bremmer
- Narrated by: Willis Sparks
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years—including the pandemic—to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade....
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Not a Wonk
- By Linnie Toh on 06-08-22
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The Power of Crisis
- How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World
- Narrated by: Willis Sparks
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-17-22
- Language: English
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Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years—including the pandemic—to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade....
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The Third Wave
- By: Alvin Toffler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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From the author of Future Shock comes a striking way out of today's despair...a bracing, optimistic look at our new potentials....
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Insightful
- By Andrew Heron on 05-30-20
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The Third Wave
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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From the author of Future Shock comes a striking way out of today's despair...a bracing, optimistic look at our new potentials....
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The Future of the Professions
- How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
- By: Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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This book predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them....
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I Hope It's Not All True
- By John on 05-01-16
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The Future of the Professions
- How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-26-16
- Language: English
- This book predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them....
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The Great Wave
- The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
- By: Michiko Kakutani
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth Michiko Kakutani examines how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today’s world, creating both opportunity and peril....
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The Great Wave
- The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 02-20-24
- Language: English
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Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth Michiko Kakutani examines how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today’s world, creating both opportunity and peril....
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Bunker
- What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse
- By: Bradley Garrett
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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“A kind of apocalyptic Super Size Me” (The Guardian) that is both “page turning and thoughtful” (Financial Times) about “prepper” communities around the world that are building fortresses against an array of threats....
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Summary had such potential but not worth the time.
- By LegoBlocksAreFun on 07-09-21
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Bunker
- What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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“A kind of apocalyptic Super Size Me” (The Guardian) that is both “page turning and thoughtful” (Financial Times) about “prepper” communities around the world that are building fortresses against an array of threats....
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Architects of Intelligence
- The Truth About AI from the People Building It
- By: Martin Ford
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Find out....
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Architects of Intelligence
- By GEORGE D RICE on 01-12-20
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Architects of Intelligence
- The Truth About AI from the People Building It
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 11-19-19
- Language: English
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How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Find out....
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Future Stories
- What's Next?
- By: David Christian
- Narrated by: Jamie Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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David Christian is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. With Future Stories, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future....
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Future Stories
- What's Next?
- Narrated by: Jamie Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 06-07-22
- Language: English
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David Christian is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. With Future Stories, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future....
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The Ultimate Prepared Bug-In Guide
- Emergency Home Preparedness
- By: S. Lee
- Narrated by: Todd Eflin
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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This guide will help you make the right decision on whether to stay in your home or leave when disaster strikes by organizing your supplies with items you already have and listing the items you need....
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The Ultimate Prepared Bug-In Guide
- Emergency Home Preparedness
- Narrated by: Todd Eflin
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-17-23
- Language: English
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This guide will help you make the right decision on whether to stay in your home or leave when disaster strikes by organizing your supplies with items you already have and listing the items you need....
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A Brief History of the Future
- A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-first Century
- By: Jacques Attali
- Narrated by: Alan Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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What will planet Earth be like in 20 years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future....
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feels like a popular mechanics article
- By Robin on 07-11-17
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A Brief History of the Future
- A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-first Century
- Narrated by: Alan Robertson
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 01-25-13
- Language: English
- What will planet Earth be like in 20 years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future....
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Who Owns the Future?
- By: Jaron Lanier
- Narrated by: Pete Simoneilli
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Who Owns the Future? is a visionary reckoning with the effects network technologies have had on our economy....
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Jaron Lanier is a visionary thought leader
- By Sutapa Chattopadhyay on 12-17-18
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Who Owns the Future?
- Narrated by: Pete Simoneilli
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-16-13
- Language: English
- Who Owns the Future? is a visionary reckoning with the effects network technologies have had on our economy....
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Learning to Die in the Anthropocene
- Reflections on the End of a Civilization
- By: Roy Scranton
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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In this bracing response to climate change, Roy Scranton combines memoir, reportage, philosophy, and Zen wisdom to explore what it means to be human in a rapidly evolving world....
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Grief Counseling for Civilization
- By Susie on 06-28-16
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Learning to Die in the Anthropocene
- Reflections on the End of a Civilization
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 06-23-16
- Language: English
- In this bracing response to climate change, Roy Scranton combines memoir, reportage, philosophy, and Zen wisdom to explore what it means to be human in a rapidly evolving world....
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Get Abundance
- Why Your Future Is Brighter Than You Think
- By: Peter Diamandis
- Narrated by: Peter Diamandis
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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How would you like to be the center of a massive outpouring of wealth, innovation, success, and prosperity....
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Some powerful and some well worn ideas
- By Nigel on 05-12-15
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Get Abundance
- Why Your Future Is Brighter Than You Think
- Narrated by: Peter Diamandis
- Series: Nightingale-Conant: Business
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-14-14
- Language: English
- How would you like to be the center of a massive outpouring of wealth, innovation, success, and prosperity....
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A World Without Work
- Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
- By: Daniel Susskind
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of how technology will transform the world of work, and what we should do about it....
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Technology deflation through the econ lens
- By Pimpernel Sandybanks on 04-15-20
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A World Without Work
- Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 01-14-20
- Language: English
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From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of how technology will transform the world of work, and what we should do about it....
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